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Archivos de Pediatría del Uruguay

versión impresa ISSN 0004-0584versión On-line ISSN 1688-1249

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PASCALE, Antonio et al. Methemoglobinemia due to ingestion of chard puree. Arch. Pediatr. Urug. [online]. 2017, vol.88, n.6, pp.335-340. ISSN 0004-0584.  https://doi.org/10.31134/ap.88.6.6.

Methemoglobinemia is a clinical syndrome due to the presence of an aberrant form of hemoglobin, caused by various oxidizing agents. The study reports a case of severe methemoglobinemia associated with the ingestion of chard puree with high levels of nitrates and nitrites. A 1-year-old patient with a history of atrial septal defect (ASD), who progressively showed change of skin color 7 hours earlier, accompanied by vomiting. She was admitted to the Emergency Department with generalized cyanosis not improving with oxygen therapy, tachycardia and tendency to hypotension. In the intensive care unit, an echocardiogram showed ASD without hemodynamic complications. Methemoglobinemia 37%. A 1% methylene blue dose was administered intravenously, with clinical improvement one hour after antidote administration and decrease in methemoglobin levels. Medical discharge at 36 hours of admission. There was a chronological relationship between nitrates exposure by ingestion of chard puree and the clinical onset of methemoglobinemia. The toxic cause was confirmed after high nitrates levels were found in this vegetable considering international standards, and an inadequate preservation of the cooked chard on previous days. It is important to suspect this rare pathological entity when cyanosis fails to improve with oxygen, and to prevent poisonings similar to those described by an adequate manipulation and preservation of vegetables with high nitrate levels.

Palabras clave : Methemoglobinemia; Nitrites; Nitrates; Poisoning; Vegetables.

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